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Now a series of intriguing artefacts have been uncovered at the site, according to the final excavation report in the journal Archaeologia Cambrensis.

Fragments of a Roman cut-glass vessel, similar to a small bowl, is described as the 'star find' of the dig.

The Royal Commission described the ornate find as 'an extraordinary item of luxury for this modest villa'.

It is believed to have been used for mixing wine and water at grand dinner parties.

A Roman cut-glass bowl found at the ancient site, which it thought to have been used for mixing wine and water at grand dinner parties

A large stone slate from the roof of the villa, which is believed to be made with more than 6,000 slates

Part of the cut-glass bowl found by a local volunteer excavator at the historic site in 2011

Experts also analysed pieces of the villa's roof, estimating that more than 6,600 stone slates weighing up to 23 tonnes were used for the building.

The discoveries give fresh insight into the Romanisation of the rural west Wales landscape almost two millennia ago.

There is evidence for partial re-occupation of the villa ruins sometime in late-Roman or post-Roman times, but in recent centuries the building was systematically robbed of building stone and eventually forgotten in the landscape.

STRIKING ARTEFACTS WHICH SHED NEW LIGHT ON THE ROMAN PRESENCE IN RURAL WALES 1,800 YEARS AGO

Archaeologists have made a series of groundbreaking finds at the historic site in Abermagwr, which was first discovered in 2006.

A Roman cut-glass vessel, similar to a small bowl, is described as the 'star find' of the dig.

The Royal Commission described the ornate find as 'an extraordinary item of luxury for this modest villa'.

It is believed to have been used for mixing wine and water at grand dinner parties.

Experts also analysed pieces of the villa's roof, estimating that more than 6,600 stone slates weighing up to 23 tonnes were used for the building.